Unpacking

Gaslighting Another Black Community For Fun & Profit

Scratch beneath any story in Coconut Grove and you’ll discover the issue of race lurking. We’ll get to that eventually, but this true fable — with a twist on the race issue — starts with the approval of a Wawa gas station in the City of Coral Gables. So what? Cities approve gas stations all the time. However, this approval didn’t have any public consultation with the community, nor public hearings, both of which would normally have taken place. And, that’s ...

Is Trolleygate Headed For An Out-Of-Court Settlement?

Before the meeting of the Coconut Village Council got underway The February 25th Coconut Grove Village Council purred along nicely until the agenda item of Trolleygate. That’s when the wheels fell ...

If It’s News, It’s News To The Coconut Grove Grapevine

Let’s have a Tomversation, Tom. Longtime followers of Not Now Silly can attest, I have been trying to Save the E.W.F. Stirrup House for more than 5 years. Back in 2009 I ...

The Coconut Grove Playhouse Deal Begins to Unfold

The removal of the old growth trees on the E.W.F. Stirrup property was only one in a series of chess moves made virtually simultaneously as the Coconut Grove Playhouse deal ...

Aftermath of the Great Miami Tree Massacre

Fined $1,000 per tree or $4,000 on the Stirrup property. “Some people say” Gino Falsetto has finally gone too far. The recent destruction of the old growth trees on the E.W.F. ...

Aries Development Continues To Rape Charles Avenue

Code enforcement beat me to it. That $4,000 fine will restore the 100-year old trees, right? It was supposed to be a quiet morning editing Farce Au Pain, until I received ...

Unpacking The Writer ► Unpacking The Readers

If you’re relatively new to Not Now Silly, and/or my Unpacking The Writer series, let me hip you to one salient fact right now, so you don’t feel foolish from ...

You Don’t Need A Groundhog To Know Which Way The Wind Is Blowing

I forgot again. Every year I swear I will write a Groundhog Day essay about my experiences working as a News Writer in the CityPulse news room in Toronto on this day. ...

An Open Letter To Miami Media

The White Elephant completed and awaiting the end of lawsuits I sent a variation of this letter to a local reporter. Because I worked on it for so long, and because ...

Looking Back ► Unpacking The Writer At The New Year

From time to time I peel back the curtains — AUNTY EM!!! AUNTY EM!!! — and reveal what goes on behind the scenes here at Not Now Silly. The first ...

The 32nd Annual King Mango Strut

Fake Ford, Fake Francis The IM came from a functionary of the King Mango Strut: “Can we go off the record?” This can be a trap for a journalist. Answer “Yes” and ...

What’s Going On At The Taurus Bar?

Framework for an awning is being installed on The Taurus Bar, December 19, 2013. This work may or may not be non-conforming, may or may be contrary to previous promises, ...

The Bicycle Shop The Latest In The Cultural Plunder of Coconut Grove

The Coconut Grove Playhouse before the hoarding was fixed Recent news trickling out of Miami-Dade County has exposed more backroom machinations concerning the Coconut Grove Playhouse and — appearing for the ...

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